Inside the episode

This special episode of The Founder Formula goes behind the scenes with Garima Kapoor, Co‑Founder of MinIO, and was recorded live at Trace3’s Evolve Conference! Your co-hosts Todd Gallina and Sandy Salty reflect with Garima on her founder’s journey, growing an open‑source‑first product into enterprise impact, and what it takes to serve the AI era’s demand for on‑prem, exascale object storage. This session is packed with lessons leaders can apply immediately.

Inside the episode, you’ll hear more about:

Building a resilient founder mindset and scaling culture from first principles.

• Navigating community, product, and enterprise together in an open‑source‑first model.
• The operational realities of AI‑scale data: performance, footprint, and cost control.
• Practical advice for founders on focus, market timing, and customer proximity.

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